Hufflepuff

English

Etymology

Coined by British author J. K. Rowling, presumably from huff +‎ puff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌfəlˌpʌf/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Hufflepuff (plural Hufflepuffs)

1. A person having traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series, including patience, justice, and loyalty or an affinity for badgers or the colours yellow and black.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hufflepuff.

Coordinate terms

• Gryffindor
• Ravenclaw
• Slytherin

Derived terms

• Hufflepuffish

Translations

Harry Potter house

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (Mainland China) 赫奇帕奇 (zh) (Hèqípàqí); (Taiwan) 赫夫帕夫 (Hèfūpàfū)

• Czech: Mrzimor (cs)
• Finnish: Puuskupuh
• French: Poufsouffle
• Hebrew: הפלפאף m (haflpaf)
• Hindi: मेहनतकश (hi) m (mehnatkaś)
• Hungarian: Hugrabug
• Italian: Tassorosso
• Japanese: ハッフルパフ (Haffurupafu)
• Portuguese: Lufa-Lufa f
• Russian: Пу́ффендуй m (Púffenduj)

person having traits associated with the house

• Russian: пуффендуец m (puffendujec)